Question

The Amazon River Basin Lies Between The _________________. (A) Guiana Highlands And Andes Mountains.(B) The Guiana Highlands And The Patagonian Plateau. (C) The Guiana Highlands And The Brazilian Highlands. (D) Brazilian Highlands And The Patagonian Plateau.

Answer 1

The correct answer is (C) Guiana highlands and the Brazilian highlands.

The Amazon River basin stretches from the Brazilian Highlands in the south to the Guiana Highlands in the north. The Amazon River basin covers almost half of South America, including a total of eight countries: Colombia, Bolivia, Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, and Suriname. Overall it is around 2.7 million square miles.

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